Pokémon Bank Update & Mewnium Z Now Live!

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The Pokémon Bank update we’ve all been waiting for is finally available in the eShop!

This update adds the much anticipated compatibility with Pokémon Sun and Moon in Pokémon Bank, and the ability to send Pokémon from Pokémon Red, Blue, Green and Yellow Versions through Poké Transporter. Poké Transporter’s 1.1 patch requires 420 blocks, whereas you have to redownload Pokémon Bank entirely for 496 blocks.

In honor of the update, a Mewnium Z will be given as a gift to those who subscribe to Pokémon Bank. To receive it simply launch and use the new Pokémon Bank by October 2nd, 2017, and when you next play your Pokémon Sun or Moon games a new Wonder Card will appear in the Mystery Gift function. When used in game the Mewnium Z unlocks an exclusive Z-Move for Mew: Gensis Supernova!

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  3. Well I had a great day today. Woke up to the wonderful sound of my family fighting, got to school and recieved the great news that I failed a geometry quiz, AND that I have another one tomorrow. I let down one of my few friends big time, and I feel horrible about it, so that was just great. My dad is calling me a “stupid slacker” because, despite my straight As so far in mostly advanced classes, I don’t want to take summer school. Now he’s threatening to take me out of school because I “don’t care about what’s really important” (which is apparently summer PE courses).

    –

    Sorry, I know it’s off topic but this day sucked so I needed to rant. I’ll try to be less negative now. >.<

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  4. lol. So, apparently, if you transfer a Gen 1 poke and evolve it into something from other gen (say Poliwhirl -> Politoed), it becomes illegal lol. From what I read, it can’t be traded online.
    What I don’t know (and, if someone does, tell me) is if you can still trade those through wireless trade and/or pass them through bank. I remember reading somewhere that we can trade anything through wireless, so that shouldn’t be problem for people with access to two consoles (like me).
    I’m actually kinda worried cause I evolved a Gen V eevee into Sylveon and it seems those get blocked as well. GF should revise their coding big time.

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    • That’s strange, I don’t believe this was an issue with any prior generation, including Gen VI?

      Wouldn’t be surprised if it was intentional mind you >_>

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      • Indeed, it wasn’t. I’m not sure, but I think I’ve transfered that Sylveon between games with Bank before this update. It may be the coding of this update. I’ve seen people also reporting they can’t use the recent Shiny Xerneas/Yveltal events online.
        But if it’s intentional, it’s stupid from their part. It’s something that can happen legitimately (evolving an old pokémon into something introduced later), so they shouldn’t make a problem out of it.

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  5. Ok omg so close to finishing my dex

    Gastrodon, Dhelmise, Jangmo-o line, Tapu Fini, Cosmog Line (Sun), Necrozma, Sun exclusive UBs, Porygon2, Turtonator

    Help would be very much appreciated

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  7. So is it not possible to transfer Cosplay Pikachu? I’m using PokeBank right now and apparently I can’t place Cosplay Pikachu because its a special Pokemon.

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      • Sigh, I really need to start paying attention to that type of stuff often

        Anyway that sucks, I used a Cosplay Pikachu as one of my primary OR members so I won’t be able to bring my full team over to Sun

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  10. WAIT….Serebii says that Shinies are possible in the transfer from VC to Bank, based on the original Gen 1 algorithm????

    CAN SOMEONE CONFIRM??? MY HEART CANT TAKE THIS. <3

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  12. So my ass of a brother caused trouble with the Shia Labeouf wackjobs in NY
    20 bucks says his mug will be plastered all over the memeverse……

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    • Wait……he did? Was he one of those people spouting Nazi shit that was caught on video? (not saying your brother is one, but that’s what those people were doing lol)

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    • Damn.I have like a ton of Legedaries,Mythicals,and Shinies (Including shinies the former 2,thanks to QR Codes)in my copy of Omega Ruby,but I can’t transfer any of them or any of my regular Pokemon in that game to my copy of Sun cuz I need to pay for the freakin’ pass and my friend has my copy of OR(he’s busy collecting boxes of Jigglypuffs,it annoys me to no end),so I’m really bored and annoyed by the fact that I’ve seen pretty much everyone else do it,while I’m stuck with just Pokemon that I caught in Sun.(Sorry if I dragged on with this,I tend to ramble a lot)

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  14. I don’t believe this was in ORAS, but:
    So I’m using my Rayquaza for training up Pokemon and to use it once again on Sun. Anyway, a cool gimmick with it I discovered is when it uses Dragon Ascent as a normal Rayquaza the attack is a cyan color. But when it’s a Mega Rayquaza, the attack is a emerald green. Like I said, don’t remember it was in ORAS, but its a neat little feature for Dragon Ascent.

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  17. I’ve moved a few Pokemon up to Moon, but I’m reluctant to do them all. Not having an in-game National Dex was the worst decision that could’ve been made for us live Dex-ers. And I don’t want to mess up my live Dex in Yellow either. I thought Bank would be great, but all I’ve got is more stress than Pokémon. :/

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    • I’ve moved them all to Gen 7 and I don’t really notice anything. I just won’t find them in the pokedex, but I don’t really read dex entries anyway..

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    • As much as I want to transfer my mons, I won’t do it until they announce another Gen 7 game for the 3DS (either another Alola-based game or DP remakes) that has the remaining Mega stones.

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  18. Bored and sick time for a standalone Fakemon
    Spuncture
    The Inflation Pkm
    Poison/Flying
    Aftermath/Poison Point HA: Volatile (upon fainting the user detonates causing massive damage)
    a large bulbous fish like creature with a pale lavender skin color filled to the brim with gasses, their bodies are covered with nothing but long purple spines that stick out, it has eye stalks with droopy lazy eyes, a duck like pair of lips puckered to keep its fumes in and two tiny fins that it attempts to flutter in the air
    “Spunture’s belly constantly breaks down food into toxic gasses causing it to float in the air, it developed rock hard spines to protect its thin soft body, when enraged they blasts their spines like rockets that can turn a school bus into Swiss cheese”

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  19. Aaaanndd the GTS is even worse now. -.-

    Which sucks too. I managed to snag a Tapu Koko for a Garchomp and used it to get Bulu and Lele in my dex. It’s going to be much harder to find good deals for it

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      • I hardly remember my Yellow team, I played it months ago. I think I had Charizard, Venusaur, Pikachu, Butterfree, Snorlax, and Primeape. Okay, I guess I do remember…

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        • It’s a very well-balanced and good team you have there!
          I played Red, so my team is Charizard, Starmie, Jolteon, Vileplume, Pidgeot, and Nidoking. Still haven’t beat the E4 though because training my Pokemon up at Victory Road was tedious and I sort of gave it a long break…

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          • Eh, the team is okay in terms of balance. I didn’t have a water type, so I sub’d Snorlax. I was trying to make an “Ash-only” team cause Yellow follows him essentially. Your team is pretty good though. I love Starmie so much 🙂

          • Teaching it Surf, Ice Beam, Psychic, and Recover makes it a beast, and it is so worth it as a water type. Also, must’ve felt satisfying in a way when you beat the E4 in Yellow because you used an Ash theme team, so you basically made Ash win a League XD

          • Yeah, basically you are Ash in the game and you do everything he did in the anime up till episode 116 and the first 2 movies. This is the summary of it:
            “You are the main character of the game and your name is Ash Ketchum. You are going to have an amazing adventure around your Pokemon World tomorrow. You have to pass 116 events and 2 movie events to complete this trip. On the way, you will meet a lot of Pokemon, rivals and trainers that will help you so much. You also need to catch Pokemon which Ash catches and make the decisions he makes like in the episodes. Unfortunately, you stayed up all night to watch Pokemon Arena matches on TV and you are so tired and woke up late. It is your mistake and not as planned. You are hurry to Pallet Town gate but all your rivals owned their own Pokemon starters and there is no remaining Pokemon. If you don’t have a Pokemon, you have to go home and you decide to choose Pikachu as your friend. Your trip is started from now…”

          • I haven’t played the game myself, but I do know that they are events in which you get them, but I’m pretty sure you can catch other Pokemon

  22. Kurusu, here’s my top 8 and 7:

    #7 Kommo-O
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/627e9835dacddc88b19e6699d340d768a3f22d107fb0e78278bf8a3960e7b96a.png
    Ever had that one typing you always wanted for forever and then it came true? Well, in my case, That was the Dragon/Fighting type, and Kommo-O became the first ever Pokemon to be that typing. And once I heard Sun and Moon had a Dragon/Fighting type, I instantly made it one of my favorites.
    Kommo-O itself is a great Pokemon, as well as a good pseudo-legendary to use. It has very well balanced stats, the exception being a lower HP and Speed (but c’mon, having awesome Attack, Sp Attack, Defense, and Sp Def makes up for that), and a wide move pool it can use. Whether it be a Sp attacking move pool, physical attacking move pool, or even a special move pool, Kommo-O fits the bill.
    When I did my walkthrough with Sun, I had the patience to not had a 5th member because I wanted Kommo-O so badly. It was worth the wait to finally have my Dragon/Fighting type after all this time, as after going through the grass for 40 minutes trying to find Jangmo-O, right from the start it was a great partner to use against opponents. Probably one of my favorite Alola Pokemon

    Now, onto #7, Talonflame
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    For this spot on my list, I had some competition between Staraptor, Braviary, Talonflame, Toucannon, and Swellow for my favorite regional bird Pokemon (though technically Braviary isn’t one though). Nevertheless, I choose Talonflame for that spot as my favorite bird.
    Compared to the other birds who competed on this list, I had some pretty great memories of Talonflame back in X. Always the fast, powerful flying type it was on the team, Talonflame was a valuable asset. Being the fastest fire type ever, Talonflame swiftly outspeeds all in XY, peppering the opponent first with a flurry of fire and flying type moves. Although its attacking states aren’t too good, having access to powerful moves such as Flare Blitz and Brave Bird made it very strong, and just enough to make itself worthy of a good Pokemon on my team.
    Also, having some of my favorite types as its typing makes it that just better, even if it gets wrecked by Stealth Rocks and Rock type moves a lot.

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  24. Tbh I think it’s complete and utter bullshit the *only* physical fairy move (which is only 90 BP, nothing impressive) has 90 accuracy and not 100.

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    • Also I’m really bummed they called it Play Rough and didn’t just use it’s direct Japanese translation “Frolic”

      The English translation team literally should be fired. They suck.

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      • I kinda disagree. Frolic’s main and usually-understood definition right now is carefree play and not “that other action”.

        Play Rough implies “that other action” better while implying a bit of violence.

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        • I just don’t like that play rough gives little indication that it has anything to do with fairies. It could be a dark move..or even fighting just going off the name. Frolic at least keeps the whimsical aspect of fairy type. frolic doesn’t necessarily mean non-violent though, so I think it works better.

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    • Right now, Waterfall (80 BP 100 accuracy) is the standard for physical moves with no drawbacks. Its slightly more damaging counterpart is Aqua Tail (90 BP 90 accuracy). So Play Rough is par for the course.

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        • That said, it would be great to have a Fairy-type Waterfall. <3

          Also they DID fix Dedenne's moveset and added Play Rough, so they are doing something, just not enough while they forget about things like Sceptile's coverage… 🙂

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          • I wish they would add some more special fairy moves too so that togekiss could get a stab fairy move. They didn’t give it moonblast due to serene grace I’m sure.

          • Oh that’s true I guess. 80 BP kinda leaves a bit to be desired though. A 95 special fairy move counterpart to flamethrower/thunderbolt/ice beam would be nice

          • Yer probs right, maybe they thought Moonblast with double proc chance, was too OP for a tank like Togekiss or something. Florges and Tapu Fini get Moonblast though, but they don’t get Serene Grace, so…

          • I guess I’m mainly asking for a special fairy tm then. Idk, I think they could just add more moves in general 😛 Togekiss is pretty great atm though so it’s a minor complaint

          • I think making Moonblast or Play Rough as TMs would give it more exposure…

            Like the days when Stealth Rock was a TM way back in Gen 4, many many mons got to use it.

  25. I would like to have a moment for the Pokemon from my past teams that got lost in the transfer process in some way. Either I lost them from forgetting to transfer them to ORAS or other unknown cause, let us have a moment of silence for

    Gothorita (Black 2)
    Noivern (X)

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